Usefulness of lyophilized calibration plasmas for International Normalized Ratio determination with the bovine combined thromboplastin (Thrombotest): Results of a collaborative study

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Chantarangkul, Veena ^a   Frontoni, Rita ^b   Gresele, Paolo ^c   Oca, Gaetana ^d   Paniccia, Rita ^e   Pellegrini, Lucio ^f   Tripodi, Armando ^a,g  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Macerata   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Servizio Trasfusionale   (Italy)

^g NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration plasmas; International Normalized Ratio; Thrombotest

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; REAGENT; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CALIBRATION; COAGULOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THROMBOTEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 15744399322     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbc.0000161571.04883.6c     Document Type: Article

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